Chapter 216 If you use tricks, then blame me for being rude! (Please subscribe!!)
"Yes, I do intend to develop Xuanfu and show it to the other prefectures in Beizhili except Yong'an and Beiping, so that they know that as long as the right methods are used, even the poorest prefectures and counties can develop. "
Ouyang Lun nodded, "The specific announcement will be released by the government soon. Just take a look at it then."
Mao Xiang nodded repeatedly, "Master Ouyang is so courageous! Just a new city plan is enough to shine the entire Ming Dynasty, and now he has to build the Xuanfu, it is really admirable!"
Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes at Mao Xiang and said, "Mao Da, if you came here specifically to flatter me, then you can leave and don't disturb my fishing."
As soon as he said this, he heard Xiaohu's excited voice, "The fish bit the hook!"
When Ouyang Lun turned around to look, Xiaohu had already lifted the fishing rod, and there was a grass carp weighing at least four or five kilograms hanging on the hook!
Xiaohu took the fish off and put it in a bamboo basket, and said naively: "Master Ouyang, fishing doesn't seem to be that difficult."
I rely on!
Could this be the legendary novice protection period?
Ouyang Lun's mouth twitched and he waved his hand, "Catching one is just luck. You will know if you continue fishing. The fish in my lake are naturally cunning. They usually only eat the bait but not the hook."
After saying that, Ouyang Lun turned to look at Mao Xiang, "Where did we just talk?"
Mao Xiang said quickly: "Returning to Mr. Ouyang, you just asked me to leave. In fact, I am here today on behalf of the businessmen from Yong'an Prefecture. They followed you all the way. Many people were shocked when they heard the news. He came to me and asked me, Mr. Ouyang is going to develop Xuanfu, should we follow him to invest in the construction."
"My reply to them at that time was that I would follow you, and I would unswervingly follow you to invest in Xuanfu!"
"It's just that everyone doesn't know your direction this time, Mr. Ouyang, so I came here to ask so that I can prepare in advance."
Hearing this, Ouyang Lun smiled, "If you want to make money, just say it. Why do you have to say it in such a sensational way? I told you to give me all your worth, but you can't do it!"
"But this time I may disappoint you. Like the previous major civil engineering works in Yong'an Mansion, you probably won't be able to see it in Xuan Mansion."
"After all, Xuanfu is sparsely populated. The cement roads and highways that were built before are enough. There is no need to build roads for the time being. The city will not be renovated. Except for the new city planned in the new city plan, no new city will be built. In short In a word, if you want to make quick money, you can't do it in Xuanfu."
Hearing this, Mao Xiang showed a hint of disappointment.
"Master Ouyang, if we don't build roads and new cities, what else can we do? We can't develop by trade alone, right? No one wants to go to that remote and dangerous place!" Mao Xiang said in confusion: " Besides, doing business with Beiyuan herdsmen privately without the permission of the court is a serious crime, has Mr. Ouyang thought of a solution?"
Ouyang Lun nodded, "I have already written a memorial about trade and submitted it to the court, and I am waiting for the emperor's approval."
"What if the emperor disagrees?" Mao Xiang asked deliberately.
"Isn't this possible? I have written all the solutions to the emperor. We can build Xuanfu into the economic center of the Northern Territory of the Ming Dynasty. With such a big deal, there is no reason to disagree!" Ouyang Lun muttered: "Oh! , when I was writing, I was just bragging and forgot that the pie was too big and might choke the emperor!"
At this moment, Xiaohu caught another fish.
Seeing this, Ouyang Lun's face turned dark. What's going on?Could it be that I have been unlucky recently?
Just thinking about it?
A group of people broke in.
The leader was dressed in a second-grade official official uniform and held a golden order in his hand.
Walking into the courtyard, he glanced around and said loudly: "Where is Mr. Ouyang Lun, the chief envoy of Northern Zhili?"
"Sir, I seem to be looking for you." Xiaohu said as he came closer, holding the fish he had just caught.
"I'm not deaf, I want you to tell me." Ouyang Lun glared at Xiaohu, "Go on fishing!"
"Okay." Xiaohu slipped away.
"Master Ouyang, he is Zhou Zhen, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but why did he come to our Beizhili? Looking at him like this, I'm afraid he came with bad intentions!" Mao Xiang said seriously.
"Zhou Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment? I've never heard of him. Is he very powerful?" Ouyang Lunyao was a Yaotou, but there was indeed no such person in his memory.
"This person is ruthless and decisive. Before the establishment of the Jin Yiwei, he was the most powerful person around His Majesty the Emperor. It was only after the establishment of the Jin Yiwei that he was overshadowed. However, we must not underestimate him." Mao Xiang whispered. Said: "Master Ouyang, I suddenly remembered that the trading company has other things to do, so I will leave first. You should be careful."
After saying that, Mao Xiang took Xiaohu and left in a hurry.
"This Uncle Mao is very familiar with the officials in the capital!" Ouyang Lun looked at Mao Xiang's back and muttered, "But it's normal. Uncle Ma is someone who can talk to my emperor's father-in-law. This Mao As Uncle Ma Zeng Jin’s right-hand man, it’s normal for Da to be familiar with the officials in the capital.”
"Where is Mr. Ouyang Lun, the chief envoy of Northern Zhili?"
Zhou Zhen shouted again.
"Here! I'm here!" Ouyang Lun came out and said with a smile: "Master Zhou has come all the way to Beizhili. It's really disappointing to meet him from afar!"
"Do you recognize me?" Zhou Zhen was a little surprised. In his impression, he had no contact with Ouyang Lun. Logically speaking, he should not know him.
"Master Zhou Zhen, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is a famous iron-faced judge in the Ming Dynasty. Everyone in the world knows about it?" Ouyang Lun said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhou Zhen was very happy. He didn't expect that his reputation could spread from the capital to northern Xinjiang. The name of the Iron-faced Judge was not bad, but Zhou Zhen soon realized that this guy could not have done it on purpose. Are you flattering me?
"Master Ouyang, I'm glad to meet you. Your name is very popular in my ears!" Zhou Zhen said solemnly: "But I came to Beizhili this time in the name of the emperor. Please cooperate with me, Master Ouyang!"
After that, Zhou Zhen waved the "golden order" in his hand in front of Ouyang Lun's eyes.
"Since Mr. Zhou is here under His Majesty's order, I will naturally cooperate fully!" Ouyang Lun nodded and said with a smile: "Master Zhou has come from afar, and he is my distinguished guest, Ouyang Lun. Why don't we go to heaven and earth? How about I have the best woman to give Master Zhou a massage and bathe to relieve fatigue and eat something good?"
Hearing this, Zhou Zhen sneered, "Master Ouyang, are you so anxious to corrupt me, Zhou? But this time you have found the wrong person! I, Zhou Zhen, am loyal to the court and your majesty. I neither love money nor women." , so I advise Mr. Ouyang not to waste the means to deal with those corrupt officials on me."
"Next, Mr. Ouyang, please answer my questions truthfully!"
Yo!What a tough guy.
Ouyang Lun nodded, "Excuse me, Mr. Zhou."
"Did you, Mr. Ouyang, write this memorial?" Zhou Zhen took out a memorial and threw it to Ouyang Lun.
Ouyang Lun took it over and looked through it, just glanced at it, and then nodded, "Yes, this memorial was indeed written by me, and the content is very clear. Shouldn't it be in His Majesty's Long Case? Why did it get into your hands?" "
"Sir Ouyang, you are so brave. You defy the laws of the Ming Dynasty and dare to try to obtain the power to trade privately with foreigners. This is a crime. You also sent people into the northern grasslands to negotiate deals with the nomadic tribes on the grasslands. Collaborating with foreign countries is the second crime. Knowing that His Majesty hates smuggling and traitors the most, yet still doing this and despising the Emperor is the third crime. If you have these three crimes, you should be stripped of your title, dismissed from office, and executed in a hurry!"
"Come here! Capture Ouyang Lun!" "Yes."
Following Zhou Zhen's order, the official from the Ministry of Justice took out his handcuffs and shackles and came towards Ouyang Lun.
However, before these officials from the Ministry of Justice could approach, groups of men in black rushed out from all corners, at least dozens of them, and directly surrounded Zhou Zhen and his party.
These men in black were tall, powerful, and had firm eyes. They had an evil aura about them, which frightened the officials of the Ministry of Justice so much that they froze in place and did not dare to make the slightest move.
"Ouyang Lun, do you dare to resist the decree?!"
"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if an official disobeys the decree and does not respect it, his family will be confiscated and his family will be exterminated. Even if you are the prince-in-law of the dynasty, you will never escape!" Zhou Zhen acted relatively calmly, and then yelled at the men in black around him. He said: "You all can see clearly. This is a golden order given by His Majesty the Emperor himself. If you dare to block it, it will be a serious crime of treason!"
"Why don't you get out of my way!"
However, no matter what Zhou Zhen said, these men in black made no move and even looked at him with contempt and disdain.
This made Zhou Zhen a little embarrassed, so he had to look at Ouyang Lun again, "Ouyang Lun, I came under the emperor's order. Do you really want to resist the order?"
Ouyang Lun spread his hands and said calmly: "Master Zhou, I don't seem to have offended you, right?"
"You and I only have official business today, no personal grudges." Zhou Zhen shook his head, "I advise you to let these people stand down. You just let them go and truthfully explain your guilt. This is the right way!"
Ouyang Lun smiled coldly, "Since there is no personal enmity, why did you pretend to preach the imperial edict?"
kindness!?
Zhou Zhen looked shocked and said hurriedly: "Ouyang Lun, what do you mean? Do you think the golden order in my hand is fake?"
"Jin Ling is of course true, but the emperor didn't ask you to take me down directly, right?" Ouyang Lun said lightly.
kindness! ?
Zhou Zhen was shocked again, "How do you know!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's order to him was to investigate thoroughly and obtain the evidence before arresting him. However, Zhou Zhen felt that it was very difficult to collect evidence while Ouyang Lun was under the radar. The best way was to capture Ouyang Lun first and seize the opportunity. With his power in Beizhili, he could investigate openly, confirm the evidence, and then take Ouyang Lun back to Beijing for processing, and everything would be resolved perfectly.
But he never expected that Ouyang Lun could see at a glance that Zhu Yuanzhang had not given the order at all.
Ouyang Lun smiled slightly, "I was just guessing just now, but now I am completely sure."
"You deceived me!" Zhou Zhen was furious.
"Didn't you also deceive me? You have already planned to deceive me since you walked into the government office. It's a pity that your performance was too fake." Ouyang Lun shook his head.
Based on Ouyang Lun's understanding of his emperor's father-in-law, if he really wanted to arrest him, why bother to ask people from the Ministry of Punishment to come if he directly used the Jin Yiwei? Besides, he was the consort after all, so to arrest him, he would have to be arrested like the previous few times. It was an official document or an imperial edict. On the other hand, Zhou Zhen came in with a golden order and asked him to plead guilty and surrender. The momentum was quite strong, but it was too urgent.
"Master Zhou, whether you are here to check me or others, I welcome you to follow the rules, but if you want to use tricks, then blame me for being rude!"
"Come on!"
"My subordinates are here!" Dozens of men in black responded in unison.
"Ouyang Lun, what are you going to do? I am the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, a second-rank official of the imperial court, and an official sent by the emperor to North Zhili to investigate you. If you kill me, then you will not only smuggle and collude with foreigners. The crime of the state must be added to the crime of treason!"
Looking at the men in black who were so angry, Zhou Zhen also panicked.
"Smuggling? Collusion with foreign countries? Conspiracy? What a big crime!" Ouyang Lun shook his head, "You are also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment after all. Don't you know that evidence is required to convict people? Just by opening your mouth?"
"No minister of the Ministry of Justice came to my house today. Only a few charlatans came. I beat them up and threw them into the street."
"I'll leave the rest to you, and I'll go take a nap."
After saying that, Ouyang Lun turned and left.
"Ouyang Lun, wait!"
Zhou Zhengang wanted to step forward to stop Ouyang Lun, but he was blocked by a man in black.
"I am the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, personally appointed by His Majesty, please get out of my way!"
"Charlatan. Fight!"
The leader of the men in black briefly said five words, and then dozens of men in black beat Zhou Zhen and his men severely, and finally threw them all out of the Chief Secretary's Yamen.
Zhou Zhen, who was beaten with a bruised nose and face, was helped up by his men.
"Ouyang Lun goes too far!"
"He actually dared to beat me! I have to remember that he beat the imperial envoy!"
"Hey—it hurts."
"Sir, what should we do now?" his servant asked quickly.
"Sir, this North Zhili is Ouyang Lun's territory. He is so arrogant and domineering that he doesn't take us seriously at all. If we continue to investigate, we may find nothing. Otherwise, we should go back to the capital!" Another subordinate said. road.
"Yes! This Ouyang Lun is so cruel. He dares to do this to us before we can catch him. If we catch evidence of his crime, we may not be able to leave Beizhili alive."
Listening to the worried remarks of his men, Zhou Zhen shook his head, "Humph, the reason why Ouyang Lun dared to attack us is simply because we deceived him first. If I go back like this, I will only betray His Majesty's trust in me!"
"Don't worry, Ouyang Lun will never dare to kill me unless he really wants to rebel."
"What we have to do now is to collect evidence honestly. As long as there is enough proof that Ouyang Lun smuggles and colludes with foreign countries, then he will definitely be brought to justice by me!"
"What others can't do, I, Zhou Zhen, can do it!"
"Let's find a place to stay first, and then start asking around!"
(End of this chapter)
